Skateboard with brake

Abstract

A pair of brake shoes are secured to a cross frame which is supported behind the rear wheels of a skateboard by a slide member having longitudinal guided movement on the bottom of the skateboard. The slide member is connected to one end of a spring steel strip or link secured at its other end to the skateboard. A vertically movable post-like brake pedal is supported in a bore in the skateboard and has abutting engagement at its lower end against an intermediate portion of the spring steel strip whereby upon depressing the brake pedal, the spring steel strip is bowed downwardly to pull the slide forwardly and cause the brake shoes to engage the wheels. When the brake pedal is released, the resiliency in the spring steel strip causes the slide member and slide to retract. The brake pedal is removably mounted in the skateboard for ready detachment therefrom, and the brake shoes are adjustable to compensate for wear after repeated use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: 
     
       1. A skateboard comprising a. an elongated rigid body member having forward and rearward ends and also having top and bottom surfaces,   b. wheel assemblies on the bottom of said body member adjacent each end,   c. each of said wheel assemblies having a pair of wheels,   d. a slide member mounted on the bottom side of said body member for longitudinal adjustable movement,   e. a cross frame support,   f. brake shoe means on said cross frame support adjacent to said wheels,   g. a single vertically disposed pivot means connecting said cross frame support to said slide member whereby said cross frame support and said brake shoe means can pivot with side turning of the wheels,   h. an upright brake pedal extending through said body member and having an upper foot engaging portion,   i. and link means operative by said brake pedal providing longitudinal movement of said slide member to engage the brake shoes against the wheels upon a brake actuating movement of said brake pedal.   
     
     
       2. The skateboard of claim 1 wherein said link means comprises a spring steel metal strip and extends along the bottom surface of said body member with one end secured to said slide member and the other end secured to said body member and said brake pedal in being applied in a downward direction abuts against said link means intermediate its ends to bow said link means downwardly and draw said slide member toward brake actuating position, said link means having spring characteristics whereby upon disengagement thereof by said brake pedal the resiliency thereof returns the brake pedal and slide member to a non-braking position, said brake pedal having a magnet attached to the bottom end thereof for detachably securing said brake pedal to said link means for ready removal of said brake pedal from the skateboard.